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    Chemo Day 5: How I Took Control of My Cancer Terrain and Came Back to Life

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Ketosis, fasting, RSO, and the protocol that’s rebuilding me from the inside out.

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    Have Passport, Can Travel. Also, Fuck This Place It Reeks of Pedophiles

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    After cancer, I’m not sticking around to save a country that doesn’t want saving. I’m chasing life, not permission.

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    The Cancer, The Cure, and The Con

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    What Fighting for My Life Taught Me About the American Healthcare Racket

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    Smoke, Honey, and the Goddess in the Café. The gods are still High.

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Aphrodite’s anarchist sister, a joint, and the kind of love that leaves claw marks.

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    Gratitude Is a Fist, Unclenched

    July 25, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Thanks carved from scars, silence, and survival. No candles. Just the wreckage and the will to rise.

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    Thank you. Everyone.

    July 25, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    I need to say this.

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    Chemo day 2: I’m so fucking happy right now

    July 24, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    No nausea. No fatigue. No side effects. Just weed, fasting, and a middle finger to oncology’s broken playbook.

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    Chemo Day 0: My Kill Switch Protocol in Action

    July 23, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    100 hours fasted, glucose spiked, tinnitus screamed back but I’m still standing.

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    Vinyl, Knives, and Eye Contact: A Love Story that isn’t.

    July 22, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    She vanished for three days and came back with incense and attitude. I stayed quiet. She liked that.

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    Chemo at Dawn: Fighting Cancer When the System Fails You

    July 21, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Stage 4, no weed, no protocol—just grit, fire, and the IV drip. This is what cancer looks like when the cavalry doesn’t come.

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